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Canceled 221 flights arriving or departing Andalucia by volcanic ash cloud.

According to Spanish airports and Air Navigation (AENA) to Europa Press, the airport of Malaga have been canceled a total of 192 flights. Of these, a total of 91 flights entwined with the United Kingdom, 18 Germany, 16 Norway, 16 Denmark, 15 in France, nine in Belgium, four in Switzerland, four in Sweden, five in the Netherlands, two in Luxembourg, two with Italy, two in Ireland.

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Also, Sevilla Airport were canceled 22 flights to France, Germany, United Kingdom, Belgium and Italy, while in the terminal of Jerez de la Frontera (Cadiz) was suspended a figure with Germany. Also, the terminal Almeria cancel six flights to the United Kingdom.

In this way, and are more than 500 canceled flights to or from Andalusia during yesterday and today, by adding the 107 canceled for the day Thursday at the airports of Malaga, Granada, Seville and Almeria, the approximately 180 of yesterday terminals in Jerez de la Frontera, Sevilla, Almeria, Granada and Malaga, and 221 today at airports in Seville, Malaga, Almeria and Jerez de la Frontera.

More than 1,300

Flights in Spain

The flights have been canceled today in Spain due to total or partial restrictions in the airspace of 21 European countries by the ash cloud caused by the eruption of the volcano in Iceland and amounted to 1,330.

To this day there were 2384 scheduled flights, but until 11.30 hours had been canceled 664 arrivals and 666 departures of Spanish airports, according to AENA. Thus, European countries have been affected flights are Germany, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia,Worker_dies_after_fall_ono, Finland, France, Holland, Italy, Luxembourg, Ireland, Norway, Poland, Sweden, United Kingdom, Republic Slovakia, Switzerland and Romania.

AENA explained that maintains the strengthening of information services, security, cleaning and medical care in Spanish airports most affected by flight cancellations due to the ash cloud.

Furthermore, AENA assure you that this informing passengers at airports affected by loudspeakers and recommended to those who intend to fly in the next hours contact their airline before going to the airport. The Aena information line is 902 404 704 and (+34) 91 321 10 00.

The European air traffic coordinator, Eurocontrol, anticipated in its last report that may only take off about 6,000 flights in European airspace on Saturday, in relation to the 22,000 that usually take place normally, because of the huge cloud of volcanic ash is driving the volcano in Iceland.

The agency requires that aircraft can not land in most parts of northern and central Europe, including Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, northern France, most of Germany, Hungary, northern Italy, Netherlands, southern Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia,Madonna_seen_at_Burgos, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom. However, airspace remain open in southern Europe: Spain, southern Balkans, southern Italy, Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey.

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